Reading RG2
Single storey rear extension forming an open kitchen and sitting area across the back of the house, with rooflights in a pitched roof and red brickwork, tiles and windows matching the host dwelling.
3 Wavell Close is a semi detached house in the RG2 part of Reading that falls within Wokingham Borough. The owners wanted to open up the back of the house into a kitchen, dining and sitting space.
The single storey rear extension spans the back of the house, creating an open kitchen and sitting area, with the dining room and living room behind. The pitched roof has rooflights that bring daylight into the deeper plan, and red brickwork, roof tiles and window details match the host dwelling, as noted on the elevations.
The scheme went through revisions, with the final drawings marked revision B. Each revision refined the depth and roof form to sit comfortably with the neighbouring house.
Our biodiversity statement confirmed, using Wokingham's mapping, that the site is outside the area where bat surveys are needed.
We prepared existing and proposed elevations, existing and proposed floor plans, existing and proposed block plans, a location plan and the CIL form.
A full width single storey extension with a pitched roof is one of the most popular projects for semi detached houses. It adds the space families need most, and a well designed roof keeps the height low next to the neighbour.
A single storey rear extension of this kind can sometimes be built under permitted development or prior approval. Where the design or the property's rights mean an application is needed, a householder application gives full certainty.
Wavell Close has a Reading postcode but lies within Wokingham Borough, which is why the biodiversity statement refers to Wokingham's mapping.
Our single storey extensions page lists more rear extensions, including 15 Monks Way, which is now built.
Rooflights in a pitched roof bring light into the middle of a deep kitchen, and they are a cost effective alternative to a lantern.
The sitting area at the end of the kitchen makes the extension a family room as well as a kitchen, with views of the garden through glazed doors. The dining room behind it is kept as a separate room, and a store and WC are grouped near the hall.
The extension's eaves are kept low against the attached neighbour, and the roof slopes away from the boundary.
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